Pickle cutting machine



April 17, 1945.

AI PARADIS PICKLE CUTTING MACHINE} Filed June 5, 1943 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 April 17, 1945. A. PARADIS 2,373,973 v PICKLE CUTT ING MACHINE I I Filed June 3, 1945" Y 3 Sheets-Shet 0 Q O. 7. Inventor V flrcZ/z'e Fora/gals WWW; E M 3 Patented Apr. 17, 1945 2,373,973 PICKLE CUTTING MACHINE Archie Paradis, south Paris, Maine Application June 5, 1943, Serial No. 489,836

3 Claims. (o1. 146 78) UNITED STATES PAT NT o cs This invention relates to new and useful improvements in machines for'cutting and dicing pickles and other articles, the principal object being to provide a machine which is substantially automatic in operation, and which, due to its extreme simplicity of construction, is not apt to readily become out of order. Y

Another important object of the invention is to provide a machine which will save considerable time in preserving pickles and like articles that require cutting for proper preservation.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of 'the following description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of the machine Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1. Figure l is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure l. I

Figure 5' is a section taken on the line 55 of Figure l.

' Figure 6 is a fragmentary elevational view showing the vertical cutter operating means.

Figure '7 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the forked rod with the fork in section.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that the machine includes a table 5 having a gear box 6 mounted upon one end thereof, and upon this gear box is an electric motor I, the armature shaft 8 of which drives a pulley 9, which in turn through a belt it! drives a smaller pulley II on a shaft 12 which protrudes from the gear box 6. The gears in the box 6 are of the usual reduction type and their operation culminates in the operation of a shaft l3 which drives a disk 14 and also in the operation of a pulley 15 which drives an endless belt [6.

A link bar IT has one end eccentrically co nected as at [8 to the disk I4 while its opposite end is pivotally connected as at H! to one end of a slide rod 20, this slide rod 20 operating .through bearings 21, 22 and provided with a plunger 23 at its opposite end. 'The plunger 23 operates in a trough 24 supported by suitable legs 25 and having an apron 26 projecting laterally therefrom. Pickles or the like dropped into the trough 24 are pushed longitudinally therein by the forked end of the plunger 23,

Numeral 2'] denotes a stationary cutter which consists of an annulus 2B in which are radially disposed blades 29 against which a pickleor the like is forced for longitudinalsplitting of the pickle or other article.

Stationary cutter 2'! is mounted on a base'illl which is supported by suitable legs 3!.

The transverse plunger 32 has slots 33 for receiving the cutting edges of vertical blades 34 which rise from the inner edge of a platform 35 on to which the pickle pieces sliced by the cutter 21 are deposited. Obviously, when the plunger 32 is forced inwardly, the elongated pieces of pickle are forced against the blades 34, out into much smaller pieces and then dropped through anopening 35a to fall into a chute 38 down which they pass to an inclined rotary sieve 39 which permits seeds or other very small particles to drop out. A basket, can or box, or the like may be provided at the lower end of the sieve 39 for catching, the desired pieces as they are dispensed.

A shaft 40 carries the rotary sieve 39 and this shaft 40 is supported by bearings 4|, 42 located on legs 43 supporting the table 5. One end of the shaft 40 has a pulley 44 over which the aforementioned belt IE is trained.

The mechanism for actuating the plunger 32 consists of a shank 45 projecting from the plunger 32 and connected by a pin and slot connection 45 to an arm 4'! which is of right angular shape and which projects rigidly from the shaft 50. The other end of the shaft has a crank 5| which engages a link, in turn; is attached to a pintle 53 which projects laterally from a leg 54 depending from a U-shaped member 55. One end of the U-shaped member 55 is pivotally connected as at 56 to a post 51, while the other end of the U-shaped member 55 is connected by a link 58 to a collar 59 secured to the plunger rod 25.

Thus it can be seen, that when the motor 1 is operating, the sieve 39 is being rotated, as the plunger rod 20 is being reciprocated. On each retracted position of the plunger 23, a fresh pickle or other item is placed in the trough 24. The subsequent action is to push the pickle through the longitudinal slicing cutter 21 so that the pieces will be displaced onto the platform. 35, t

and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the intention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a machine for cutting fruit, a horizontal trough for receiving the fruit, a cutter at one end of the trough comprising an annular casing .provided therein with fixed radial cutting blades extending from side to side of the easing, means to feed out of the trough through said end thereof and against said blades in a horizontal line comprising a reciprocating pusher rod, slicing mechanism adjacent said outter operative to slice crosswise of theilin'e'of feed of the fruit and into which the fruit from the cutter is adapted to pass, a rock 'shaftfcroper ating said slicing mechanism, and operating con-o nections between said pusher rod and shaft.

2. In a machine for cutting fruit, a horizontal trough for receiving the fruit,-a cutter at one nd 9 the P11 5 QQR P iQ 34 ula si provided therein with fixedradial cutting blades extending from side to side of the casing, means to feed fruit out of the V-trough through said end eoiend ese ns s id blad n a horizontal line comprising va, reciprocating pusher rod, slicie mssiiee sni d ac n sa d utt Operative o slice crosswise of the line of feed of the fruit and into which the fruit from the cutter is adapted to pass, a rock shaft for operating said slicing mechanism, and operating connections between said pusher rod and shaft, said slicing mechanism comprising a, plunger, said rock shaft having a crank thereon operatively connected to the plunger.

3. In a machine for cutting fruit, a horizontaltroughtfor receivingthe fruit, :a cutter at one end of the trough comprising an annular casing provided therein with fixed radial cutting blades extending from side to side of the casing, means totfeed fruit out of the trough through said end thereof and against said blades in a horizontal line comprising a reciprocating pusher rod, slicingniechanismadjacent said cutter operative to slice crosswise of the line of feed of the fruit and into' which the fruit from the cutter is adapted tozpas s, a rockrshaft for-operatingsaid slicing mechanism, and operating connections be? tween said pusher rod and shaft,'said.operating connections comprising a crank on saidshaft, a rocking member operatively connected .tosaid shank, and a link connection between said pusher rod and member. 7

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